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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #47: Cost projection by de charlus on 2013-07-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Canadian Speaker Proposal in Horn-Loaded Speakers  56 Replies 
Romy,I merely thought that you felt I was riding roughshod over your advice, when it was in fact a degree of naivety requiring extensive clarification that may have made it appear thus. Regardless of your indifference to praise and/or criticism, I'd ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Real-Objective Tweeters Alignment Survival Guide by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About the tweeters phase alignment. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  3 Replies 
Ok, none it is time to dive into the practical process of tweeters alignment. Once again I presume that we are taking about monopole tweeters that use AFTER your midranges compression drivers (read my previous post). Some people use term “supertweete...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: Going Through Phases by Paul S on 2010-06-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The loudspeakers for a powerful SET in Audio Discussions  48 Replies 
Crossovers are so annoying, about impossible to nail down, and it's almost as though the more you study the problem, the fuzzier the "answer" gets.For now, I would like to more or less forget about "phase" considerations, partly in order to get this ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #235: Eventually, the new reference sweat spot is found. by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
I spent today good 5 hours listening my new playback. For somebody who do not know me it would look idiotic to listen the playback with such a huge amount of problems and do not make any efforts to correct them. Defiantly the problems are huge: the m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Important person i met once by martinshorn on 2017-12-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The remarkable moments in Audio. in Audio Discussions  16 Replies 
hi Romy. Nice topic! I have a very nice memory. I started very young, supported by a friend who tought me a lot and gave me books to study. I learned the basic formulas and started DIY speakers from purely technical perspectives, graphs, math, calcul...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Taking Advantage of Others' Discoveries by Paul S on 2023-10-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Marantz MA-9S2 Monoblock Amplifiers in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
Robin, I'm not at all certain that my new speakers are "source tolerant", because I have "taken steps" all along to "ensure" part-to-part compatibility. I have tried to "sync" my phono and CD/DAC as much as possible, and the main thing I wanted from ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: David Berning solution vs. DSET by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A DSET is better then an expensive SET in Audio For Dummies ™  41 Replies 
[quote user="Merlin"]... my own feeling is that David Berning's solution is both neater and more practical - the only impediment ot it's acceptance, the dogmatic approach of many thermionic die hards. My experience suggests it's their loss. [/quote] ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #138: Six Channels are UP by anthony on 2019-01-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
Hi Romy,So, six channels are now operational in the first DSET.  By up I mean the anode voltages on all tubes is about right and the currents are in the ballpark of where they need to be.  I am yet to check the DC Offset so hopefully that goes ok.Ini...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The low-power SET and dead speakers by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The low-power SET and dead speakers in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
We all know how low-power SETs sound driving low-sensitively ported speakers. The Morons feel that it they have “enough volume” then their SET is good to go. Of course it is not the case and low-power SETs shell not driver dead speakers. However, I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Behringer DEQ by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Digital Equalization in Didital Things  3 Replies 
I played with this Behringer DEQ unit for a couple hours. What the magnificent machine would it be if all functionalities work! I mean they all work but they all make sound like shit, even this unit in hard-bypass sounds like shit and there is no oth...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #73: Dynamic dynamics by Bill on 2021-11-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
While I have heard the terms static dynamics, micro and macro dynamics, I have never heard of dynamic dynamics. Are you referring to the term “changing dynamics”, which means a volume change, either gradual or instantaneous. What was missing yesterda...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #82: Selfunderstood by N-set on 2021-11-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
Romy, it’s selfunderstood (at least to me) that the project is in its infancy and you are on terra incognita. Im trying to visualize what was „the last working configuration”.  [quote user="Bill"]These are Romy's original boxes and s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: One of two ideals by noviygera on 2019-06-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The IDEAL horn system in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
Number one, that I'd like to run by you guys due to it's simpler nature and closer to reality execution is the idea I have been thinking about. No first hand experience with any of this.Say we use something like altec 1505b multicellular horn that sh...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #41: Re: Thorsten's preamp idea by Thorsten on 2005-11-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
Roman,[quote user="Romy the Cat"]May I ask you, this realization of yours… dose it has any “sound”. [/quote]The one we have build which is a little different (6S45 not C3g, also tried WE 417A, 437A, TX-101 Copper not silver, AN UK Line Output Transfo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #53: Drivers, Dope and Radio Flyers by Paul S on 2008-10-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lowther Driver in Audio Discussions  62 Replies 
Wojtek, I am indeed hemmed in by the fricking electricity these days, to the extent that it is about impossible to hold on to a baseline for reference.  And the Lowthers only make the problem more apparent.Yes, I still wonder about how I wo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A ridicules speaker cable by Romy the Cat on 2004-09-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A ridicules speaker cable in Audio Discussions  0 Replies 
Recently I was playing with my horns, running with across my room, trying to hit with them my Cat…. When I settled down at the place when I need them to be I one more time faced a problem of cables. Whoever use multi-channel systems and do milliampin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Re: Crossovers, phraseology and the holes by Gregm on 2006-02-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Be careful: Imaging vs. Compression in Playback Listening  23 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Even if it is possible with a given (multichannel, faulty design) loudspeaker then the DPLOS become very fragile and appears/appears too sudden, without a gradual improvement while approaching the DPLOS. The keys are phase...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Design decisions for different music. by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High End Audio and musical content. in Playback Listening  8 Replies 
[quote user="Gregm"]I believe that the other way around -- i.e. a system only referenced to simple electrical music -- would only offer good classical reproduction by chance -- not by design. [/quote] “By design“…and this is exactly the reasons why ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #205: Mid-bass horn: Room loading/augmenting by jessie.dazzle on 2010-03-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
Romy wrote (in the "It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity." thread):"...I might not have enough power in new room for my woofer towers and it would force to use class A/B SS amp..."You've mentioned on more than one occasion how much you love what you...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: Knowledge Tree by de charlus on 2013-06-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Canadian Speaker Proposal in Horn-Loaded Speakers  56 Replies 
Dear All,Thank you all for your assistance, especially Romy, whose information has been particularly interesting. I have been in contact with Jeffrey Jackson, with whom I have discussed my driver preferences, and arrived at what is essentially only a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: JBL 2226 2445 2405 3-way and a path forward by boiklox on 2014-01-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: JBL 2226 2445 2405 3-way and a path forward in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
This is my first horn build effort. Been thinking about this since starting to build loudspeakers and finally have a listening space big enough to support a horn system. This is where I am at now, I know there are opportunities for improvement. And I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: How do you time align the tweeter? by rowuk on 2019-06-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The IDEAL horn system in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
[quote user="noviygera"]Number one, that I'd like to run by you guys due to it's simpler nature and closer to reality execution is the idea I have been thinking about. No first hand experience with any of this.Say we use something like altec 1505b mu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: About DSET-driven multi-way acoustic system maintenance assessment. by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About DSET-driven multi-way acoustic system maintenance asse... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
In this thread I would like to talk a bit about the practice in DSET driven multi-way horns configuration. I have expressed my view that the architectural configuration that Macondo and Super Melquiades end up to be I find is the most interest...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #236: Some thinking required… by Romy the Cat on 2017-10-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
Yesterday I finalized everything, made the crossovers permanent, arranged the cables, check the phases and levels per each channel and officially declared to my wide that the listening room setting up is over. Then as the kids went to bed I decide...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #267: The devil is less scared than it depicted. by Romy the Cat on 2009-05-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="DHT4ME"]So I am aasuming that you are referring the very low level capability of your driver or amps?   The subtle nuances?What other drivers did you find did well beside the Vitavox. I always felt that  most comperssion drivers are ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: My new 'favorite' listening room. by Romy the Cat on 2013-11-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Trading cable elevators for spare space. in Audio Discussions  11 Replies 
I never knew that it will be so much fun. As I started the basement cleanup project I did kind of remotely conceptualize that I will try to make a winter pipe smoking place. Instead I discover in my house a new listening room that I have to tell you ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: About selection of a crossover point. by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Big mama 1.5" horns.... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
[quote user="i_should_coco"]I view of the fact I have two pairs of S2 drivers, I'm intrigued by the thought of running them a la Romy, i.e. high and low. So, in addition to procuring a pair of Big Mama horns, I'm discussing with Martin the prospect o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #41: “Play it again, Sam” by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
[quote user="Jim Smith"]I've been following this line (mostly the big one) with great interest since it was first mentioned.It's definitely the most interesting high-efficiency horn line available, as far as I can see.  I've been asked to look a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Alignment using impulse response, acoustics and congrats by kodomo on 2016-01-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Deep End DIY - Australian take one Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  87 Replies 
Great project! I have a similar project going on. Your frame ideas are looking beautiful, however I decided to take a more utilitarian road. I can adjust all my channels in horizontal or vertical axis. I am finishing my crossovers as of these days, a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Macondo-clone ramblings by ayebee on 2009-08-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: MacondoLite in Horn-Loaded Speakers  18 Replies 
The system is still very much a work in progress, but I have come to the conclusion that the concept as such is very, very good. It's only up to me to make it sound as well as I know it is capable of. Making and fine-tuning the crossover might take m...
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